FACTORS
MULTIPLES
WORD PROBLEMS
Multiple Comparison
Prime and Composite
100

Which number below is NOT a factor of 50?

A. 2     C. 5

B. 4     D. 10

 What is 4?

100

Which number is a multiple of 6?

A. 15   B. 22  C. 31   D. 36

What is 36?

100

Mrs. Schmidt got 3 packs of striped pencils with 10 pencils in each pack. Then she also got 1 pack of 12 glitter pencils. How many new pencils did she get for the store?

 42 pencils

100

Sue ate 30 cherries. She ate 5 times as many cherries as Bob. How many cherries did Bob eat?

What is 6 cherries?

100

 

A florist has 11 roses and wants to make bouquets with the same number of roses in each, using all the flowers. How many ways can she arrange them? 

The number 11 has only two factors: 1 and 11. This means the florist can only make one bouquet of 11 roses or 11 bouquets with 1 rose each.

200

Which number below is a factor of 30, but is not a multiple of 3?

A. 6     C. 8

B. 15   D. 10

What is 10?

200

Which number below is a multiple of 3, 4, and 5?

A. 45   B. 48   C. 50   D. 60

What is 60?

200

Mr. Masem went to the McDonald's. He bought two burgers for $3 each and two shakes for $2 each. He paid with a $20.00 bill. (no tax) How much change did he get?

$ 7

200

There are 20 monkeys in the zoo. There are 4 times as many monkeys as tigers. How many tigers are there?

What are 5 tigers?

200

A teacher has 10 pencils and wants to divide them equally among small groups of students. What are the possible numbers of students in each group if each group gets the same number of pencils?

The factors of 10 are 1, 2, 5, and 10. Therefore, there can be 1 group of 10 pencils, 2 groups of 5 pencils, 5 groups of 2 pencils, or 10 groups of 1 pencil.

300

Which number below is a factor of 24, but NOT a multiple of 2?

A. 3     C. 12

B. 8     D. 6

What is 3?

300

In Mrs. Johnson's class, the students took a survey of their favorite subject.  The number of students who voted for math is a multiple of 2 and 3.  How many students could have voted for math?

A.15   B. 16   C. 18   D. 19

What is 18 students?

300

Mr. Loganbill wanted to know how many kids were out at recess today. He knows there are 26 in his class and 25 in Mrs. Fast's class. But he also knows that 3 kids are absent in his class and 2 kids are sick in Mrs. Fast's class. How many kids are at recess?

 46 kids 

300

Frank and Tom went fishing. Tom caught 24 fish. He caught 6 times as many fish as Frankie. How many fish did Frankie catch?

What is 4 fish?

300

Four students each wrote down a number between 30 and 40. The list shows the numbers they wrote.

Elly- 35, Ullyssess- 39, Maggie- 37, Palmer-33

Which student wrote down a prime number?

Who is Maggie, 30?

400

Which number below is a multiple of 2 and 3 but NOT 5?

A. 36     C. 46

B. 27     D. 30

What is 36?

400

On a beautiful sunny day, there are many sailboats is a multiple of 2 and 7.  How many sailboats are on the lake?

A. 21   B. 28   C. 35    D. 38

What is 28 boats?

400

The cafeteria got 28 oranges and 36 apples for 4th grade lunch. If only 29 of the kids took 1 piece of fruit, how many pieces of fruit are left over?

 35 pieces

400

This month, Jane saved 6 times as much money as she did last month. If she saved $42 this month, how much did she save last month?

What is $7?

400

A rectangular garden has an area of 13 square yards. What are the possible whole-number dimensions for the garden?

  1. We need to find the factors of 13.
  2. The only way to multiply two whole numbers to get 13 is 1 x 13.
  3. Since 13 only has two factors (1 and 13), it is a prime number.
  4. Therefore, the only possible dimensions for the garden are 1 yard by 13 yards.
500

Which number below has exactly 5 factors?

A. 10   B. 12   C. 16   D.19

 What is 16?

500

Mrs. Level has 24 students.  She wants to use her knowledge of multiples to put her students into equal groups.  Which is NOT a possible number of groups  Mrs. Level can have if she wants her 24 students in equal groups?

A. 3  B. 4   C. 5   D. 6

  What is 5 groups?

500

There are 51 kids in 4th grade at Sunset School. If there are 5 times as many kids in 5th grade at Santa Fe School, how many kids are at Santa Fe school in 5th grade?

 255 kids

500

There are nine times as many red jackets than blue jackets at the store. There are eight blue jackets at the store. How many red jackets are there?

What is 72 red jackets?

500

A football team only uses composite numbers on their jerseys. Which of the following could NOT be on a jersey?

  • A) 27
  • B) 37
  • C) 81
  • D) 93 

 

  1. We need to identify which of the numbers is prime.
  2. * 27 is composite (factors: 1, 3, 9, 27). 
  3. * 37 is prime (only factors are 1 and 37). 
  4. * 81 is composite (factors: 1, 3, 9, 27, 81).
  5. * 93 is composite (factors: 1, 3, 31, 93).
  6. Since 37 is a prime number, it could NOT be on a jersey that only displays composite numbers.